diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 3f40b75..447b0c3 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,27 @@
+2022-09-06, Version 3.0.0
+=========================
+
+ * fix: update binaries for windows and vscode (Bimal Jha)
+
+ * fix: Reloading driver causes failures on async functions #514 (Bimal Jha)
+
+ * fea: Convert the library to support Promises for all methods. #715 (Bimal Jha)
+
+ * fea: add result.close API (Bimal Jha)
+
+ * promisify describe related methods (Bimal Jha)
+
+ * update mac binaries for vscode https://github.com/ibmdb/vscode-extension/issues/50 (Bimal Jha)
+
+ * test: update test files (Bimal Jha)
+
+ * fix: Empty Strings in Batch inserts result in corrupt values being inserted #875 (Bimal Jha)
+
+ * fea: Add support for Buffer() for insert and select for binary data. #702, #859, #860, #862, #864 (Bimal Jha)
+
+ * fea: allow installation using specific version of clidriver (Bimal Jha)
+
+
 2022-07-16, Version 2.8.2
 =========================
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 647cd91..c745026 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "ibm_db",
-  "version": "2.8.2",
+  "version": "3.0.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "ibm_db",
-      "version": "2.8.2",
+      "version": "3.0.0",
       "hasInstallScript": true,
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7a6efe7..844efa0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "ibm_db",
   "description": "IBM DB2 and IBM Informix bindings for node",
-  "version": "2.8.2",
+  "version": "3.0.0",
   "main": "lib/odbc.js",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/ibmdb/node-ibm_db/",
   "repository": {